They put the wrong toys in that box. "Terminal playset" should be an ICU, with a ventilator, and a neurologist action figure. Accessories include a bright flashlight, a safety pin, and a syringe full of cold water. It would be really cool if the neurologist action figure was a bobble-head, with moving eyes.

Yes, it does need a new name. Too funny. Christmakuh, however, is great! I had some friends in college who had a Jewish father and a Episcopalian mother. Every year we'd all show up at their house where we would gather around the tree and eat cookies with the Star of David on them.

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